The bottom line is simple!

You are severly overating this performance Rumsfeld. Perhaps this is due to having to adjust to your expectations that the opposite would take place tonight.

 

This is utter bull****. Calzaghe's physical edges is exactly what won him this fight.. not some improvisation genious. Hopkins was constantly forcing and suckering Calzaghe into fighting out of his rhythm.

Calzaghe won this fight because of his constant workrate and ***** slaps on the highest level of the ****ing scale. What the hell was Calzaghe thinking throwing punches so horribly? I'll even give Calzaghe credit I've never seen him throw punches that looked so utterly pathetic.

 

I'm pretty drunk right now but I seem to really be appreciating the honesty of your posts. no bull****, no excuses, two men fought calzaghe won and that is that. credit goes to him for beating a great fighter.:good :smoke

 

Nobody disputes his knowledge of the sport, or his ability. But to say he was genious in this fight is absurd.

Bernard is world class, but not for the full 12 rounds at this point in his career.

 

But thats exactly the point. Bernard at this point is a one punch at a time fighter due to his age. His once utilized a great jab, worked the body, and put his hands together moreso than he does now.

 

You're still not telling me what display of " craftiness " Joe showed in this fight. All's I saw Calzaghe do was slightly outhustle Hopkins. Through most portions of the fight Hopkins was the one dictating how the fight was going to be fought, not Calzaghe.

 

I littile off there man.

1. Hopkins was never gonna "run away" with the fight, he dosen't have the workrate to take enough rounds from Calzaghe, the only way he would win would be a Close decison.

2. I think you must be basing this on the fact that he didn't get knocked down again because even late in the fight Hopkins was still hitting him with rights.

 

By playing up Joe's genious, vindicating your predictions is EXACTLY what your doing.

I predicted Joe to win by SD, and knew Bernard would be limited coming in. He has been steadily more limited on a fight to fight basis and it showed against Winky.

 

Good post!!!